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Patent GB-190506774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Seeds and other Granular Material, and Filling them into Bags or other Receptacles.
Inventor: GRICE ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 6774. Grice, A. March 30. Measured quantities, delivering; measures of capacity. - A measuring-chamber of adjustable capacity receives seeds or other granular material from a feeding-hopper, and is then moved by hand to deliver into a discharge hopper which may feed the materials into bags, the improvements concerning chiefly the methods of varying the size of the chamber and hopper. A cylinder A, mounted on trunnions, can be rotated by the handle T to bring the open end of the measuring-chamber C either opposite the port in a segment D clamped in position, or, as shown, opposite the discharge hopper I. The capacity of the chamber is determined by the positions of two plugs K, N, which can be slid upon graduated guide-rods Land held by screws M, 0. For large quantities, the hopper H is employed and fits the full aperture in the segment surrounded by an india-rubber washer to form flexible lower edges, the discharge hopper I being used without the extension shown in dotted lines, which is attached by a simple joint when it is required to fill smaller quantities into bags. When the large plug is pushed in to its full extent, a block U with india-rubber base is fixed in the charging -aperture to receive a smaller hopper V registering with the smaller chamber. The bearings allow of the cylinder being lifted out, and the limits of rotation are determined by stops.
Patent GB-190507289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Pressure Turbines
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 7289. Lentz, H. April 6. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a locomotive in which the wheel or disk is mounted on the driving-shaft, provision is made for the supply devices following the movements of the wheel or disk due to inequalities, curves, &c. in the road. The supply devices are supported so as to be movable within the casing. Fig. 3 shows one arrangement, in which the part o carrying the supply nozzles is supported on trunnions so as to be capable of rotating about an axis s perpendicular to the driving-axle. Bearing-faces t on the wheel run in contact with similar faces t<1> on the part o so that the latter turns about the axis s to follow the movements of the wheel. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the nozzle carrier u is mounted on the driving-axle itself. Rotation of the supply device along with the driving-axle in a vertical plane is prevented by stops.
Patent GB-190517839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Pyritic Ores containing Gold, Silver or other Valuable Metals.
Inventor: BLACKMORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 17,839. Blackmore, W., and Howard, A., [trading as Blackmore & Howard]. Sept. 4. Iron sulphate.-In a process for treating pyritic ores containing gold, silver, or other valuable metals, the pulverized ore is treated, at about 800 F., with steam and air in regulated quantities so as to convert the iron present into normal or basic sulphate with the least possible admixture of oxide. The mass is then leached with water containing sulphuric or other acid liquors. The iron, together with any copper, cobalt, and nickel present, is dissolved, the latter metals beiog recovered by ordinary precipitants, the iron being left in the solution.
Patent GB-190519173-A (GB)
Title: Automatic and Self-feeding Acetylene Gas Generating Machine.
Inventor: ROSEN NATHAN
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 19,173. Rosen, N. Sept. 22. Acetylene.-In generators of the type in which carbide is automatically supplied to water through the movements of an adjacent gas bell, carbide is dropped by means of a pocket wheel f, Fig. 2, from a hopper e on to a scoop g<1>, which is subsequently tilted to allow the charge to fall into the generator a. The generator comprises a tank fitted with a tight cover from which depends a cylindrical portion a<1>, Fig. 1, which forms a water seal for a water tank a<2>, communicating with the generator through an opening a<3>. The generator is provided below with a stirring-arrangement, consisting of a number of inclined blades n mounted on radial arms m. The pocket-wheel f, mounted on a shaft f<3>, is intermittently rotated by a hinged tappet h, mounted on a bar i attached to the gas holder and engaging a star-wheel f<6>. A ratchet and pawl f 3, f allow the pocket-wheel to turn in one direction only. The scoop g<1> is pivoted on an axis g<2>, provided at one end with a quadrant g<3>, which is engaged by a balance lever g'. On the engagement of a tappet l with the lever g<4>, the end of the latter is raised from the quadrant, permitting the scoop to tilt and discharge its contents. Gas is taken off from a dome b on the generating- chamber to the gas-holder, passing through a threeway cock c<1>, which communicates with a blow-off c<2>. The gas-holder is provided with an escape pipe d<3>, a safety-valve c<3>, and a water gauge d'.
Patent GB-190519432-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Raising and Lowering Venetian Lath Blinds
Inventor: CRABB GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 19,432. Crabb, G. H. Sept. 26. Window blinds.-In a means for raising and lowering venetian and like blinds, the laths 9 are provided at their ends with shouldered pins 4, which pass through holes in tapes 16, one or more tapes 20 being provided for turning the laths. At each side of the window is fixed a slotted casing 1, containing a cylinder 6 formed with a helical groove 19 or its equivalent and pressed upwards by a spring 8, the cylinder 6 being rotatable by means of a rod 7 on which it is free to move vertically. The pins 4 pass into the slots in the casings 1, the topmost pins engaging the groove 19, and, on rotation of the rods 7 in the proper direction by suitable means, such as an endless cord 13, the grooved cylinders 6 cause the pins 4 to move up in the casings, the laths being thus accumulated above the cylinders, which then press the springs 8 down. When the parts are rotated in the opposite direction, the pins are caused to move down the slots.
Patent GB-190520068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receiving-systems for Wireless Transmission of Signals.
Inventor: POULSEN VALDEMAR
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 20,068. Poulsen, V. Oct. 8, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-A condenser of variable capacity is employed in a system of wireless telegraphy to increase the sensitiveness of the system. Fig. 1 shows the device in diagrammatic form. The condenser b shunts a coil a in series with the antenna d. One of the plates of the condenser is carried by an arm f, so that its capacity can be diminished prior to making contact at h for the purpose of actuating the coherer or other wave-indicator I. The condenser may be discharged through the primary winding of a transformer. Fig. 4 shows a condenser in which the capacity is varied by rotating the trefoil plate O.
Patent GB-190520477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows for Railway Carriages, Tramcars, and the like
Inventor: MAITRE JOHN BRACHE LE
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 20,477. Le Maitre, J. B. Oct. 10. Windows, balancing. Relates to improvements i n balancing and holding devices of the kind described in Specifications No. 23,383, A.D. 1902, and No. 8661, A.D. 1903. Tramcar window sashes D are balanced by weights B, sliding on guides G bent to the outline of the car body. Chains E pass from the weights B, over fixed pulleys F, round moving pulleys s, carried by brackets S under the sash, and are attached to the car framing at t. The sash is raised and lowered in the usual way by hand and gravity. Window holders.-The downward motion of the sash is controlled by means of an endless chain L, Fig. 5, which is attached to a bracket S' on the sash and passes over a sprocket-wheel, locked by a ratchet and a weighted pawl which is released by a push-piece. To prevent shocks, the chain L is provided with a cushioning-spring l. In the case of railway-carriage windows, the fall of the sash, under gravity, is prevented by a pawl engaging with a ratchet-wheel n<1>, Fig. 9, integral with, or secured to, the sprocket-wheel n. The pawl can be raised to clear the ratchet teeth by an incline on the end of an horizontal spring pusher P.
Patent GB-190520859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brooms and Brushes.
Inventor: WILLIS ADDISON
Filed: 1905-10-14
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 20,859. Willis, A. Oct. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Long-handled brooms; bristles.- Brooms and brushes are provided, front and back, with bristle supports 2, of steel wire or the like, bent inwards and upwards at 7 as shown. The upper ends of the wires are driven into the stock, and are pushed in farther as the bristles wear.
Patent GB-190521625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors, Pumps, Meters and the like.
Inventor: HONIG ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 21,625. Honig, A. Oct. 24. Crescent-shaped chamber type. - The casing A which may be of circular or other section, encloses the piston drum, which consists of end plates B secured to a boss N, fixed to the main shaft M. The end plates form bearings for the spindles L of balanced piston vanes D which have curved faces working in conjunction with webs C in the drum. The vanes are balanced by weights T and are given their proper motion by rods V which work in a cam-sbaped groove formed by a projecting portion J of the end covers H. The arcs F, F<1> are of different radii but concentric and show the lengths of groove formed by the casing A and portion J. These arcs are of 120 degrees in a machine with three piston vanes and ninety degrees in one employing four. The inlet and exhaust pipes E, E<1> may enter the side plates instead of the casing A as shown. The direction of rotation depends on the direction in which the fluid is admitted, and this may be determined by a fourway cock. The motive fluid, steam, air, or gas may be admitted and cut off by cam-actuated cocks. The larger the number of vanes the smaller they must be. The engine described above may be used as a pump or as a meter.
Patent GB-190524027-A (GB)
Title: Device for Preventing the Dripping of Liquid from the Spouts of Teapots and like Articles.
Inventor: LEDGER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 24,027. Ledger, W. J. Nov. 21. Drinking - vessels. -A drip-retaining device for tea-pots &c. consists of an open-monthed sleeve A, containing a ring C of absorbent material, secured to the spout by a rubber ring B held by a flange a<1>.
Patent GB-190527204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators.
Inventor: FIELDING HAROLD WHITAKER DEIGH
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 27,204. Fielding, H. W. D. Dec 30. Speed indicators. - A speed indicator depending on the centrifugal movement of liquid has a central glass tube c connected by means of an upper chamber a and a lower drum e, or by an extension of the glass tube, to two diametricallyopposite metal tubes f of the shape shown, so that the three e tubes and drums form a water-tight whole, which is revolved by a pulley h or otherwise. The three tubes are filled through the orifice k with glycerine and water, or mercury, a float g is placed in the central tube, and the orifice is then closed by a screw l and hermetically sealed, or the float may be dispensed with, coloured liquid then being used in the tube c. The front of the stationary casing b is open, and the tube c or casing is graduated with a practically even scale. To prevent escape of the liquid from the chamber a, the tube c may be extended nearly to the top thereof. To obtain an even graduation of the scale, the chamber a may be conical, the apex being uppermost.
Patent GB-190605369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Wagons and other Receptacles.
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 5369. Leeds Forge Co., Sharp, R. G., and Rowntree, E. de H. March 5. Door-opening apparatus.-The bottom discharge doors of a hopper wagon or other receptacle are adapted to be opened about either of their edges so that the contents may be discharged at the side or the bottom of the wagon &c. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of a wagon in which the right-hand side door 1 is capable of being opened about either of its upper or lower edges, and the left-hand side door of being opened only about the lower edge. On each side of the wagon is provided a ramp 3, which forms a continuous sloping surface with the wall of the wagon when the door 1 is opened about its lower end. The door is provided with levers 6 which are connected by a pin-and-slot connection to levers 5 mounted on the operating- shaft 4. On each corner of the door is a hooked bar 7, which enters a recess in the lever 8 by which the book is held in contact with a pivot pin 9. In a modified form, the levers 8, Fig. 7, are cranked and provided with a seating to receive the pivot pin 7. The levers 8 are connected by links 10 to levers 11, which are mounted on an eccentric 18, Fig. 5, on the shaft 4 in such a manner that, when the shaft is turned, for example, in a counterclockwise direction, the right-hand side lever 11, Fig. 1, is turned so that the corresponding lever 8 is raised to release the upper hook 7 of the door, and to allow the door to be opened by the lever 5, while the left-hand side lever 11 is not moved. The connextion between the operating-shaft 4 and the lever 11 consists of a projection 20 on the shaft which engages with a projecting tooth 19 on the lever. When the door is opening, the pins 13 on the levers 6 are guided by curved plates 12. A stud 21 on the lever 11 and another stud on a bracket 23 fixed to the body are placed in positions such that, when the shaft 4 is turned to move the lever 11, the two studs are clear of each other, but, when the shaft is turned in the opposite direction, the action of the eccentric 18 causes the stud 21 to move into gear with the stud 22 and thus to prevent the lever 11 from moving. The shafts 4, Fig. 1, are operated from a transverse shaft 16 on which are loosely mounted wormwheels 16<a>, which are adapted to be connected to the shaft by clutches 16<b>, so that one of the shafts 4 can be rotated independently of the other. The shafts 4 are locked by a rod 25 having slots 26 at each end which engage with flats on the shafts 4. The slots 26 are enlarged at the inner end 27, so that one of the shafts may be disengaged by drawing the bar one way or the other.
Patent GB-190606985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas-producer Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: HUDSON EDWIN HARRY
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 6985. Hudson, E. H., and Sugden, F. C. March 23. Bricks for furnaces. Relates to the arrangement and construction of the passages for producer gas and secondary air in furnaces, more particularly in furnaces of gas retorts. Gas from the producer A enters channels C' placed preferably below the surface of the fuel, and passes to the combustion chamber D through passages G<2> arranged alternately with the passages H<2> supplying air from the flues H. The passages G<2>, H<2> may be formed by blocks K, Figs. 3 and 4, a gas-tight joint being made by providing each block with a projection K<1> at one end and a recess K<2> at the other end.
Patent GB-190609807-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Limiting the Movement of the Stop Valve Lever in Relation to the Position of the Expansion Gear Lever in Steam and similar Engines
Inventor: KIESSELBACH CLEMENS
Filed: 1906-04-26
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9807. Kiesselbach, C. April 26. Valve-gear.-In order to prevent the waste of motive-fluid occasioned by using the stop or throttle valve instead of the expansion-valve gear to diminish the admission, the expansion-gear lever a is provided with a stop k which prevents or limits the movement of the stop or throttle-valve lever b when the expansion gear is set for a late cut-off. The'stop may contain a spring to allow the lever b to be moved in an emergency. Fig. 3 shows the invention in connexion with a reversing-lever a.
Patent GB-190613178-A (GB)
Title: A Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Fermentation Vinegar, employing Stationary Coatings of Pure Vinegar-generating Bacteria.
Inventor: FRINGS HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 13,178. Frings, H. June 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vinegar.-A process and apparatus for the manufacture of vinegar by means of bacterial action comprises the use of an air-tight system of connected generating-vessels through which sterilized wort is passed, the air used in the process being sterilized and saturated with vinegar vapours before coming into contact with the wash, and afterwards passed through a condenser to prevent loss of alcohol &c. Reference is made to Specifications No. 15,475, A.D. 1893, and No. 8652, A.D. 1894. Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic longitudinal section. Wash from the vessel 14 is run into the condenser 7, which is provided with a float 12 for regulating the admission cock 13, and is fitted with partitions 8, extending from each side alternately, and with a cooling-coil 9. From the condenser 7 the wash is run through the pipe 61 and coil 56 to the heated coil 31, whence part of it flows through the pipe 62 into the vinegar heater 36, and then through the pipe 63 to the coil 57. When the cocks 66, 67, and 68 are opened, the wash rises into the pipes 69, 71, 70 ; the currents from the pipes 69, 71. unite in the pipe 72 and flow through a thermoregulator 73 into the siphon vessel 22 and are discharged upon the gravel supported on the false bottom 18 in the chamber 17, through which the air is passed on its way to the generators 1. The wash from the pipe 70 reaches the horizontal pipe 74 and is distributed by regulator gauges 76 through pipes 78 to the generating-vessels 1, and a pure culture of vinegar bacteria is introduced. The fan 23 forces hot sterilized air through the gravel in the chamber 17 ; the air then passes through cocks 2 into the generators 1, and leaves through the pipe 3 leading to the condenser 7. The fermentation vat 40 is heated by water circulated through the pipes 41, 42, 43. The draught of the stove 26 is damped automatically bylmeans of the air flap 25, which is connected by the chain 35 to the float 34, the latter being raised when steam pressure forces water up the pipe 33. The fan 23 is driven by water, and the overflow is run, when required, into the cooler 38.
Patent GB-190614871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Hydrants.
Inventor: COWLES ALFRED ABERNETHY
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 14,871. Cowles, A. A. June 30. Hydrants.-In order to prevent the water in a hydrant from freezing, air or other gas or fluid is pumped into the hydrant to force the water back into the main and out of the range of low temperature. Fig. 2 shows a hand-pump Q which delivers air through the hand-cock P and outlet valve L into the standard E of the hydrant. A gauge S indicates the excess pressure of the air &c. over the water in the hydrant, so that the pressure necessary to force the water back to the main may be readily shown.
Patent GB-190615064-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing Permanently Clear Tinctures.
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 15,064. Anhalt Ges., W. Aug. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hair washes; cosmetics.-Spirituous extracts of vegetable matters, such as arnica or camomile flowers, cinchona bark, &c., for use in cosmetics and as hair washes &c., are rendered clear by diluting with water and adding a hot solution of an inorganic borate, such as borax.
Patent GB-190619586-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Kitchen Range
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 19,586. Neil, A., Russell, W., and Fletcher, Russell, & Co. Sept. 3. Cooking - ranges; draught, r e g u l at i n g ; ash-pans.- Various parts of a kitchen range are made detachable so that they may be easily removed for cleaning or for rerenewal. The oven d, Figs. 2 and 5, is removable and is fitted so as to leave a flue space around it except at the front. It is supported upon projections e on the frame a of the range, and is provided with a flange at the front fitting into a recess in the frame a and is secured by bolts. The grate bottom j rests in a frame x<1> fitting on the edges of the back and sides of the ash-pit. At the back of the grate and resting on the frame x' is arranged a slab k, having an opening k<2> leading to a flue under a boiler or to the chimney and an opening k leading to a curved flue b, which is fitted beneath the oven and is supported by brackets on the frame a and communicates with the space around the oven by an opening b<1>. An horizontal baffle g and two vertical baffles f are fitted at the top of the oven. The grate front is carried by a frame which is secured to the main frame by bolts. The front of the ash-pan is continued upwards so as to form a shoot for ashes &c., and carries a pivoted draughtregulating flap q, engaging notches in a piece q<2>, Fig. 6, sccured to the sides of the ash-pit. A pivoted damper v, operated by a handle v<1> supported by a removable plate v<2>, is fitted to the flue.
Patent GB-190622138-A (GB)
Title: Table and Lawn Game and Means for Playing same.
Inventor: GILMORE DAVID
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 22,138. Gilmore, D. Oct. 8. Games played with cups, projectiles, projectors, holes, and targets; flying toys; shuttlecocks.-A lawn or table game is played by shooting feathered, weighted proje ctiles E, Fig. 3, into a cup or other hollow article, or on to a sheet marked on one side with a bull'seye target and on the other with squares showing letters of the alphabet. The projectiles are shot from a metal tube A, Fig. 1, fitted with a spiral spring C, Fig. 2, which may be provided with a ferrule B to receive the stem of the projectile. The spring is compressed by a sliding ring D, Fig. 1, which is adapted to engage with one or other of a number of notches F in the tube to vary the tension of the spring before each shot. This regulating-device may, however, be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190700798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Slides for Drawers.
Inventor: ALSTROM CHARLES
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 798. Alstrom, C. Jan. 11. Drawers.-An extension slide comprises two members sliding one upon the other, one being fixed to the drawer and provided with a longitudinal projection to engage a slot in the other ; the forward movement of the free member of the slide is limited by stops upon its rear end. The plate a, Figs. 5 and 6, of the slide is provided with a slot in which moves a guidepiece d secured upon the other member b of the slide. The whole slide is secured in a recess in the side of the drawer, so that the only projecting part the flange g, Fig. 4, of the movable member b. the member a is secured to the drawer by means of a flange h which is screwed to the back of the drawer. When the drawer is pulled out, the parts of the extension slide remain overlapping until the flange g engages the edge of a recess i in the casing of the drawer ; the movement of the member b is then arrested, and the drawer is supported by the guide-pieces d during the further movement. Rubber &c. cushions or buffers may be fitted to prevent noise.